Tag: homemade

Guacamole goes with everything. Mexican food, burgers, eggs, even salads. When I go out to eat and there’s an option to add avocado or guacamole I always accept the extra charge. Avocado is a surprisingly delicious, creamy replacement for dairy in most savory dishes. I try to use it wherever I used to eat cheese in […]

Instead of making reservations, or starving during what will most likely be 60-75 minute wait at a restaurant on Mother’s Day, my sister and I usually cook for our Mom and Grandma at home. Cooking for the most important women in our lives is a way to express appreciation; after all, these women literally gave […]

I love crab cakes, but I don’t make them as often as I should. It’s not as if they’re difficult to make. I revisited an old recipe from my Pinterest earlier this week, and the result was so delicious that I personally committed to making homemade crab cakes at least once every three months. Kind […]

This Cornish game hen recipe is so easy and delicious. I made it last January for our New Year’s Day meal; I’m thinking of cooking it again for our Easter dinner main dish. Rubbed with my homemade creole seasoning, this version of Cornish hen is baked in a cast iron skillet, yielding maximum flavor with […]

This winter, I got a little bored with my hair routine and began wearing it flat ironed straight. I enjoyed having a different hairstyle but repeated blow-drying and flat-ironing sucked the life out of my curls. There are areas that won’t curl like before, which is a problem since I wear my hair curly the […]